Celebritology 2.0: May 27, 2007 - June 2, 2007

Concept drawing of Hogwarts. (Photo courtesy Universal Studios) As reported in this morning's Mix, Universal Studios yesterday announced plans to open a Harry Potter theme park in 2009 -- finally creating a long-overdue Mecca for rabid Potter fans. Visitors will lose themselves in a "fully immersive Harry Potter themed environment" that will include recreations of Hogwarts, Hogsmeade Village, the Forbidden Forest and offer "experiential shops and restaurants that will enable guests to sample fare from the wizarding world's best known establishments." Not being much of a Harry Potter fan, though, I'm left cold by the thought of seing a faithful facsimile of Dumbledore's office, let alone surrendering my ducats to J.K. Rowling's sprawling empire. Surely, we can do better by crafting a wish list of movies that deserve the theme park treatment. To get us started, I took a quick survey of a few trusted Celebritology field agents. A...

It's that time of year again. The voice of the people -- at least you people -- was heard last July when you voted Paris Hilton the Most Over-Hyped Celebrity (and dropper of the Most Inane Comment) and, in a flash of brilliant foresight, elected Britney Spears the Most Fascinating Anticipated Celebrity Train Wreck of the Year. Time to turn our celebrity prognostication and unerring judgment to this year's headlines. But, this year the honors will expand to dole out a few more superlatives. That's where you come in: For the next week I'll be accepting your ideas for categories for this year's Celebritology Honors (aka "The Lizzies"). Hollywood's baddest bad girl? Cutest celebrity baby? Biggest celebrity train wreck? Most-shocking break-up? Starlet worth emulating? Most shameless publicity stunt? What celebrity-perpetrated events or trends defined the past 12 months? Send your ideas to celebritology@washingtonpost.com -- one or many -- and...

Fergie pauses for a photo op Tuesday at Fair Oaks Mall. (Photo by Liz Kelly for washingtonpost.com) The quiet, suburban stillness of Fairfax County's Fair Oaks Mall -- a sleepy melange of Ann Taylor, Gap, Hollister and Cheesecake Factory -- was popped Tuesday afternoon by Fergie (aka Fergie Ferg, aka Stacy Ann Ferguson) -- sometime Black Eyed Peas frontwoman and self-proclaimed "Dutchess." She of the humps (you know, the "lovely lady lumps"); she who has coined the eponymous adjective Fergalicous. And so it was that I found myself watching quizzically from backstage as Fergie led a frantic crowd of tweeners in an enthusiastic chant of "If you ain't got no money take your broke ass home" at the Fair Oaks Verizon store, just upstairs from H&M and a latte's throw from Caribou Coffee. In the midst of a cross-country tour ("It's so nice to be accepted where you're from,"...

Lindsay Lohan, she's got the whole world in her hands. (Reuters) The story of the day may well become the story of the year. Lindsay Lohan has acquired the dubious distinction of being the latest in a string of celebutantes to face DUI charges. Paris Hilton was recently sentenced to an incredible-shrinking-jail-term for violating her DUI probation and Nicole Richie's fate will be decided in court on June 8 after her own December arrest for driving under the influence of alcohol, Vicodin and pot. Lohan's moment came in the wee hours of Saturday morning when the 20-year-old reportedly crashed her convertible Mercedes SL-65 into a curb around 5:30 a.m. Lohan was spirited away from the scene by friends. Cops later located the starlet at L.A.'s Century City Hospital and charged her with suspicion of DUI. They haven't yet decided who will face charges for the cocaine found in the...